re: Best place to live in NOLA Metro

Mid-City used to be an underrated answer but it's become a playground for carjackers thanks to Nola's "progressive" justice system.

Kenner

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St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist

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Whether you want to admit it or not those parishes are considered as a part of the NOLA metro.

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Either Old Metairie or Old Mandeville

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Add Old Covington to that and you’re spot on.

Front Vacherie

Lewisburg

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NB4 all the people who eat at Twin Peaks post “nowhere,” “you’ll get murdered,” “everything about everywhere I’ve ever lived is a complete shithole and waste of time and I’m moving to Idaho because it has 0 issues”

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Equally annoying are the “not St. Tammany, it’s full” people living in their cookie cutter houses, fighting 30 minutes to get on the causeway so they can drive another 45 minutes to get to New Orleans.

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Old Metairie

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Yeah if i was ever forced to move back to the NOLA area, Old Metairie would be the place id live .. i have lived in both Old Metairie and Mandeville for several years each, and i greatly prefer OM.. Mandeville population and traffic were considered ‘out of control’ 25 yrs ago, and i promise you it’s no better now, in fact way worse.. OM has bad traffic , but if you can avoid Metairie Rd and the RR tracks at certain times of day, it isnt too bad.. plus, OM is more like NOLA (the good parts of NOLA), than many actual parts of New Orleans.. you get the charm, and some decent restaurants, and proximity to fun things to do, without most of the crime.. in Mandeville, though there are some hot milfs running around, you also have a ton of homogenization and it’s just plain boring in a lot of ways.. plus most of the population seems to be into the ‘swinging’ lifestyle, i guess b/c they are so bored.. but it’s always seemed creepy to me .

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Either Old Metairie or Old Mandeville

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This.
Could extend the 2nd option to anywhere East Mandeville between Causeway/190 and 59, below 12. You have all you need as far as businesses and services but without the horrific traffic that exists in much of the parish. Easy Causeway bridge access for South shore commute or excursions.

Bucktown is second to Old Metairie. Still a good neighborhood with easy lake access and central to the metro area. Just not as fancy.

Without a doubt, it's Old Metairie, and it's got the pricemark to prove it.

-- Safe as can be thanks to JPSO and neighbors that look out for one another and who don't put up with shite.

-- Adjacent and accessible to New Orleans proper and its attractions; great access to anywhere via I-10 (north boundary) or Airline (south boundary).

-- In street grid pattern metro New Orleans, Metairie Road is one of the few natural curvilinear streets around; it's charming and distinct, oak-lined and interesting-looking, with a combo of nice lower-scale commercial and residential.

-- Has great Catholic elementary schools (St. Catherine and St. Francis Xavier), a premier private school (Country Day) and two public magnet academic schools (Haynes Academy and Metairie Academy).

-- While there are a boatload of tear-downs (and more happening every day), for the most part these are replacing crappy old functionally obsolescent homes from the 50s and 60s. And the Metairie Ridge Tree Preservation District generally protects the tree canopy in MOST of Old Metairie (they do need to expand its boundaries, however, to include not only ALL of Old Metairie but ALL residential areas of Metairie).

-- Historic Metairie Club Gardens in Old Metairie actually has an architectural review Commission (like the Vieux Carre' Commission) to review and make recommendations on certain types of land development. Examples include the construction of new houses in the district, demolition of existing houses or structures, or the installation of a swimming pool.